Russian trade in goods with Ethiopia in Q1 2021
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Ethiopia
In the 1st quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Ethiopia totaled $94,442,073, up 1,086.31% ($86,481,087) from the 1st quarter of 2020.
Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in the 1st quarter of 2021 totaled $89,795,271, up 2,313.25% ($86,074,339) from the 1st quarter of 2020.
Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in the 1st quarter of 2021 totaled $4,646,802, up 9.59% ($406,748) from the 1st quarter of 2020.
Russia’s trade balance with Ethiopia went from a deficit of $519,122 in the 1st quarter of 2020, to a surplus of $85,148,469 in the 1st quarter of 2021.
Ethiopia was Russia’s 89th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2021 (up from 135th in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0611% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0056% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
Ethiopia was Russia’s 79th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2021 (up from 132nd in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0973% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0042% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
Ethiopia was Russia’s 108th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2021 (down from 106th in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0075% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0080% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Ethiopia
The major share of Russian exports to Ethiopia in the 1st quarter of 2021 (and in the 1st quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 26.95% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (75.38% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.58% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (0.13% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.24% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (20.08% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.13% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (3.39% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $21,398,895;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $5,008,346.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $335,259.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2021 over Q1 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 24,203,785 | 26.95 | 2,804,890 | 762.91 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,960 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 11,312 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,635 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 2,380 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 45 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 34,989 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 198,662 | 0.22 | 533,921 | -62.79 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 17,245 | 0.02 | 213,153 | -91.91 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 23 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 2,883 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 5,008,346 | 5.58 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 1,823 | -100.00 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 2,912 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,166 | 0.00 | 7,833 | -85.11 |
| 85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 775 | 0.00 | 17,595 | -95.60 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 117,983 | 0.13 | 98,563 | 19.70 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,299 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 60,230,022 | 67.07 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Ethiopia
The major share of Russian imports from Ethiopia in the 1st quarter of 2021 (and in the 1st quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 85.19% of Russia’s total imports from Ethiopia (87.55% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 14.81% of Russia’s total imports from Ethiopia (12.43% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $238,440;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $132,244;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $81,816;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $79,224.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $89,059;
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - a decrease of $18,908;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $16,404.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2021 over Q1 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 358,198 | 7.71 | 447,257 | -19.91 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 414,540 | 8.92 | 282,296 | 46.85 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,769,199 | 59.59 | 2,530,759 | 9.42 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 395,609 | 8.51 | 412,013 | -3.98 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 20,881 | 0.45 | 39,789 | -47.52 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 167 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 479,942 | 10.33 | 400,718 | 19.77 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 208,262 | 4.48 | 126,446 | 64.70 |
| 85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 776 | -100.00 |